Yankees, Rays lineups Friday | Matt Carpenter in; DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks still out (5/27/22)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays continue their four-game, Memorial Day weekend series on Friday night at Tropicana Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. Amazon Prime will televise the game.

Yankees newcomer Matt Carpenter is in the lineup for the second time in two nights at DH. He was signed as a free agent on Thursday and was 0-for-2 with two runs scored that night in his Yankees debut, a 7-2 series-opening win over Tampa Bay.

Also, outfielder Aaron Hicks and DJ LeMahieu still are out with injuries that are believed to be minor.

The pitching matchup is Yankees right-hander Jameson Taillon (4-1, 2.95) versus Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs (2-1, 1.32).

Here is the Yankees’ lineup:

1. Aaron Judge, CF

2. Anthony Rizzo, 1B

3. Gleyber Torres, 2B

4. Miguel Andujar, LF

5. Matt Carpenter, DH

6. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS

7. Joey Gallo, RF

8. Kyle Higashioka, C

9. Marwin Gonzalez, 3B

Jameson Taillon, RHP

Here is the Rays’ lineup:

1. Kevin Kiermaier, CF

2. Yandy Diaz, 3B

3. Wander Franco, SS

4. Randy Arozarena, LF

5. Ji-Man Choi, 1B

6. Harold Ramirez, RF

7. Manuel Margot, DH

8. Vidal Brujan, 2B

9. Mike Zunino, C

Jeffrey Springs, LHP

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-- Giddy Matt Carpenter joins Yankees as bench player, says he’ll ‘load bags in plane’ to contribute

-- Yankees injury updates: Zack Britton making big progress; Latest on DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks, 9 others

-- Yankees sign 3-time All-Star infielder, call up pitcher

-- How top Yankees prospect, destined for the Bronx rotation, taught himself to pitch with a homemade baseball

-- Miguel Andujar may finally get a big chance

-- Yankees’ 6 observations: Manny Banuelos, Giancarlo Stanton update, roster moves

-- Jasson Dominguez finally living up to hype in Tampa: Here’s Rachel Balkovec’s take

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